Prohibits the use of infant walkers in child care facilities; repealer, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   9445
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Consumer Affairs and Protection
 
 AN  ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to prohibiting the
   use of infant walkers in child care facilities; and to repeal  section
   399-kk of the general business law relating to prohibiting the sale of
   infant  walkers  and  restricting  the  use  of such infant walkers in
   certain settings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section 399-kk of the general business law, as added by a
 chapter of the laws of 2025 amending the general business  law  relating
 to  prohibiting  the  sale  of infant walkers and restricting the use of
 such infant walkers in certain  settings,  as  proposed  in  legislative
 bills numbers S. 123 and A. 268, is REPEALED.
   §  2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section 390-o
 to read as follows:
   § 390-O. PROHIBIT THE USE OF INFANT WALKERS IN CHILD CARE  FACILITIES.
 1.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "INFANT  WALKER" SHALL MEAN A MOBILE UNIT THAT ENABLES A CHILD TO
 MOVE ON A HORIZONTAL SURFACE WHEN PROPELLED  BY  THE  CHILD  SITTING  OR
 STANDING WITHIN THE WALKER.
   (B)  "CHILD  CARE  FACILITY" SHALL MEAN ANY CHILD DAY CARE PROVIDER AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED NINETY OF  THIS  TITLE  OR  CHILD  CARE
 PROGRAM  AS  DEFINED  IN ARTICLE FORTY-SEVEN OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH
 CODE AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE  NEW  YORK
 CITY CHARTER.
   2.  (A)  ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, NO CHILD CARE
 FACILITY SHALL USE OR HAVE ON THE PREMISES ANY INFANT WALKER.
   (B) THE OFFICE OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK  DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, SHALL
 NOTIFY CHILD CARE FACILITIES OF THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  IN
 PLAIN, NON-TECHNICAL LANGUAGE. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN TO EVERY CHILD
 CARE  FACILITY  UPON  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE OF THIS SECTION OR AS SOON AS
 PRACTICABLE THEREAFTER, AND SUCH NOTICE SHALL  ALSO  BE  GIVEN  TO  EACH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00236-02-6
 A. 9445                             2
 
 APPLICANT  FOR LICENSE OR REGISTRATION PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED
 NINETY OF THIS TITLE AND EACH APPLICANT FOR A PERMIT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
 FORTY-SEVEN OF THE NEW YORK CITY HEALTH CODE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2025 amending  the  general  business
 law  relating  to prohibiting the sale of infant walkers and restricting
 the use of such infant walkers  in  certain  settings,  as  proposed  in
 legislative bills numbers S. 123 and A. 268, takes effect.